Why is the Government Underestimating GDP Loss Due to the Lockdown?
While the government is trying to play down the economic loss due to the pandemic, it is certain that the economy will shrink sizeably in 2020-21.
An Old Story Again: Capitalism vs. Health and Safety
Capitalism has always sacrificed the safety and health of the employees to boost profits of the employers.
The Modi Sarkar’s Project for India’s Informal Economy
From demonetisation to GST and now the lockdown, the government’s policies towards the ‘unorganised sector’ has spelt nothing but rack and ruin.
How Modi Turned Covid-19 into a Cash Machine
For the Indian premier, the virus is a deus ex machina.
Is India Following the US and Preparing for Herd Immunity Against Coronavirus? Experts Warn of Disastrous Consequences
Number of Covid cases in India have crossed China, and yet the government is gradually lifting the lockdown. Is the government preparing for herd immunity against coronavirus? WHO warns that this could lead to an uncontrollable outbreak. Five articles.
The COVID-19 Catastrophe in Bangladesh
The virus risks plunging Bangladesh into social, economic, and political turmoil — not to mention the public health crisis.
America’s Super-Rich See Their Wealth Rise by $282 Billion in Three Weeks of Pandemic
America’s billionaires have accrued more wealth in the past three weeks alone than they made in total prior to 1980.
Trump’s Plan for Reopening the Economy Will Be Lethal
With internal polls showing that Trump is losing the November elections, he is desperate to put the economy back on track, irespective of its consequences for the people.
Justice Lokur, Prashant Bhushan and Mahua Moitra on the Supreme Court’s Functioning During Corona Times
Justice Lokur: ‘SC Not Fulfilling Its Constitutional Role Adequately, Needs to Introspect’; Bhushan: “Justice Is in ‘Emergency’ Care”; Moitra: SC has forgotten it is a court of rights.
Implement MGNREGA to Deal with Unemployment Crisis, Eminent Citizens Urge Rural Development Ministry
Eminent citizens write to the Union Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj demanding widespread upscaling of MGNREGA to deal with the economic crisis resulting from the countrywide lockdown.